Wheel



Nov. 20 i923.

H. A. HOUSE, JR WHEEL Filed June so lzo 2 .ma m META q Q Q Q Q Q .Q Q Q Q Q. Q Q Y ||./l4 QQ Q Q Q Q Q Q n [n ventol Henry A House Jr .orney A Patented Nov.v 20, 192,3.

HENRY A. HOUSE, sie., or Borrello, Naw Yonk, AssIGNoR "ro WIRE WHEEL Couronn-v YORK, A CORPORATION F NEW YOQK.

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of Buffalo, Erie County, State of New York,v

have invented certain new and useful Im? provcments in Wheels, of which the following is a specification.

'Ilis invention relates to an improvement in wheels and particularly to wheels of the wire spoked type. v 1- Wheels of thistype comprise a hub, a rim and a plurality of spokes'all under tension extending from the hub to the rim. When such wheels are symmetrical, .that is to say, when the center plane of the rim passes through the center of the hub, two sets of spokes are customarily used extend-in one from each end of thehulo at equal ang es tol the rim. The number 'of spokes in each set is the Same, and, vsince they meet the rim at the same angle, they are under the'same tension, the pull of one set exactly counteracting |the pull of the other set. Such spokes not-only kept the rim in proper lposition and resisted any side shock but a so acted to transmit drivinq and braking strains.

Such wheels are still used in great numbers but'it has been found necessary in a plyiing wire wheels to motor lvehicles to o set the rim so that the center plane is much nearer the inner end of the hub than the outer end. There aretwo main reasons'for such offsetting, rst, to resist the lgreater forces from the outside by increasing the slopel of the outer set of spokes; and second, to permit the substitution of wire spoked wheels for wood wheels of the artillery ty e With-out increasing the tread of the vehicle l This requirement resulted in the invention" of what is generally known as the triple spoked wheel. In such a wheel the two sets of spokes used in the symmetrical wheel are retained but the innerset is practically vertical and has little or no Jfunction to counteract the pull of the outer set, which becomes greater by reason of its'increased slope. AV third set of spokes was therefore provided extending from the inner end of the, hub to. a circle adj acent to the outer edge of the rim at or near the circle to which the outer Set of spokes extends. The new set of spokes and the .cuter set pull against each other to'- lhold the rim in place while the inner set acts' to transmit the driving and braking forces.

, 1920. Serial No. 392,997.

, One object of this invention is to prov-ide a wire wheel having driving and braking spokes and two sets of tension Vspokes for re Ssisth'ng side strains, all fof the spokes in such` sets beingnnder the same tension.

Other objects will appear from an examination of the specification and of the drawings which -f-orm 'a part thereof and in Which-.4 A

. Fig. 1 is a cross sectional view of a wire wheel built according to this invention;

Fig.'2- is a plane View of the rim of such a wheel; and

'Fig 3 is a diagrammatic view showing the angular relationship of the two sets of` tension spokes with the rim.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1,0,indicates the hub of a Wheel having a rim 11 provided with 'a rim ning 12 for holding the tire (not shown)l in place. Connecting theV hub and rim are the driving and braking spokes 13 and twoysets of Itension spokes,

14, 15, and set 14 extending from "the outer end oi the hub to the outer portion of the rim and the set 15 extending from the inner endv of the hub to the outer portion of the rim. For convenience these spokes are shown meeting the rim in the same circle but obviously this is not necessary for the perfectin of this invention.

In ig. 3 the line 16 designates the line of a plane passing through the rim circle. v

.The'outer set 15 makes an angle 17 with the line.16 whilel the inner set 14 makes an angle 18. It willbe noted that the angle 17 is larger than the angle 18 in fact itis shown in Fig. 3 as twice as large. A pull in the j direction of set 15 would, therefore have double fthe eect of an equal pull in the direction 'of set 14. If therefore, there were the same number of spokes in set 14 as in set` 15 the spokes inthe former would necessarily be under twice the tension of the spokes in the latter set in order to keep the mm in position.

The diierence in tension is'one reason for the snapping of spokes commonly called .spoke breakage and to avoid it many different methods 'have been tried, such as increasing the number of sets and'changing the point of contact of the spokes at the rim.

I have, however, eliminatedI this difficulty by increasing the number of spokes in set 14 until that number bears the same relation to lthe number .in set 15 as the angle of set 15 at Although one embodiment only of this invention has been shown and described, it is obvious that other embodiments may .be

made Without departing from the spirit and scope of this invention ais set forth in the following claims.

I claim- 1. A Wii'e Wheel comprising ahub, a rim and spokegfextending from sand huh to Seid rim,v Said spokes being` arranged in three sets, the lil-st set extending from the Outer end of the hub to the rim7 the. second Vset ex- `tending fromv the innerv end of the hub tothe to the number of spokes in the first set and the third set of spokes meeting ther-m at substantially right-angles thereto functioning as driving and braking spokes extending from the hub to the rim.

2. A Wire wheel 0f the type-set forth in claim 1, in which the'ain'gle of the first set to the rim is twice that of the second 'set to the rim and in which there are twice as many Spokes. in the second set as in' the first set.

In testimony whereof I aflix m signature.

HENRY A.. HOiSldL JR. 

